• Boss of Quattro clues at return of cantina
• New RS4 to highlight twin-turbo V8
• Could touch base in showrooms by 2016
Audi has not had a direct opponent for the BMW M3 and Mercedes C63 AMG since 2008, however the manager of Quattro has uncovered to Auto Trader that could be going to change.
At the dispatch of the new Audi RS3 Sportback, the Head of Quattro, Heinz Hollerweger, implied that cantina forms of the RS4 might soon come back to the RS portfolio.
Talking about the current scope of “RS” Renn Sport models, Hollerweger said that Audi had no aim of offering a RS rendition of each model in the reach – to guarantee eliteness – yet that there was still “loads of potential for new model improvement”.
He included: “At present we have a ton of outlines and shapes that are extremely European. We need outlines that additionally work in developing markets like China and the U.S.”
Audi RS4 B7 cantina static
At the point when pushed to uncover whether this implied the arrival of high-controlled cantinas to the RS stable, Mr Hollerweger said: “Bringing a [RS4] cantina nearby the Avant in the cutting edge would without a doubt work, yet it would be offered with the wagon, as opposed to supplanting it. Quick homes are an enormous piece of our history.”
This opens the entryway for the arrival of the RS4 cantina, which last showed up in the appearance of the compelling B7 RS4, and which went off deal in 2008. Regularly considered the high water mark for Quattro GmBh, this was the first “RS” with a commonly suctioned motor – a high-revving 4.2-liter V8 – and one of its most keen taking care of models, as well.
Audi RS4 Avant Estate
The current RS4 has just ever been accessible as a home, yet this body style is exceptionally disliked outside Europe. It includes the same 4.2-liter motor as the B7, yet tuned to offer 444bhp, however Hollerweger inferred that, starting now and into the foreseeable future, models would seem substantially more rapidly in the lifecycle of their benefactor models, and invest more energy in deal. With the up and coming era of Audi A4 because of touch base at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September this year, that implies another RS4 cantina could return before the end of 2016.
Be that as it may, dissimilar to its forerunner, this new model is liable to highlight a turbocharged motor. The greater part of the RS4’s real opponents, including the current M3 and new C63 AMG cantinas, utilization twin turbochargers to enhance the in-rigging execution and torque figures of their six- and eight-chamber motors, while decreasing CO2 yield and enhancing efficiency. The following RS4 is along these lines prone to highlight the new twin-turbo 4.0-liter V8, which included in the shocking Audi Prologue idea that showed up at the 2014 LA Motor Show.
Hollerweger said that, while the SQ5 had uncovered that there was “a huge enthusiasm for, an interest for, a diesel with a V8 sound generator” the organization was completely dedicated to having its petrol-fueled models sound energizing and enthusiastic without the help of any clamor generators, or playing sound through the speakers – in all likelihood a guileful burrow at his partners at BMW’s M division and their most recent M3 and M4.
2014 BMW M3 cantina
In the idea auto, the V8 motor had 598bhp, which is liable to be its energy yield in the cutting edge RS6, yet we expect a yield of around 500bhp for the RS4 cantina. Of course, power will be sent to every one of the four wheels by means of the most recent era of Quattro four-wheel drive framework, and a Sport dynamic differential.
We inquired as to whether this sharp diff was good with autos like the new RS3 Sportback and TT RS that are in view of the MQB body, however clearly it just doesn’t fit underneath the floor of autos with a transverse motor.
Then again, cantinas are not by any means the only territory for development in “RS” and Mr Hollerweger likewise indicated that more “Q” or SUV models with an execution twisted were doubtlessly in transit, as they will likewise permit the RS brand to develop a taking after outside of Europe.
Composed by Paul Bond
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